Edgefield County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,532 56.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,976 7.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,276 30.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 85 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,375 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 211 0.8%

• Under 18 4,557 16.6%
• 18–24 2,834 10.3%
• 25–44 7,323 26.7%
• 45–64 7,341 26.7%
• 65 and over 5,421 19.7%

Median household income

$75,118

90% interval $69,059–$81,177

+$2,611 vs SC · 9th of 46

Below poverty line

16.8%

90% interval 13.6%–20.0%

+3.5 pp vs SC · 21st of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.69 pp vs. state

County GDP

$893.9M

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,256

Establishments

471

• Manufacturing 1,613 26.4%
• Education & health services 666 10.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 634 10.4%
• Natural resources & mining 484 7.9%
• Construction 406 6.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 398 6.5%
• Public administration 336 5.5%
• Professional & business services 296 4.8%
• Other services 254 4.2%
• Financial activities 61 1.0%
• Information 12 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 84.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+8.2 pp vs SC · 6th of 46

Median gross rent

$720

−$460 vs SC · 41st of 46

Owner-occupied

7,824

Renter-occupied

1,944

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $101,096/yr) pays 5.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,149/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 9,092 65.3%
• Democratic 4,659 33.5%
• Other / third-party 168 1.2%

• Spanish 1,123 4.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 31 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 29 0.1%
• Chinese 7 0.0%

Households

9,768

Family households

7,005

71.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,460

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

844

12.0% of families

Veterans

1,897

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,198 32.0%
• Catholic 2,795 10.9%
• Black Protestant 1,372 5.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,117 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 200 0.8%

Health insured

91.0%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1.8 pp

32nd of 46

With a disability

14.8%

±1.6 pp

32nd of 46

Bachelor's or higher

23.3%

±2.3 pp

−8.8 pp vs SC · 24th of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.9%

90% interval 12.5%–15.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

11th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (Resident Circuit Court judgeships authorized for this circuit by S.C. Code Ann. 14-5-610, as amended by 2026 Act No. 154. Authorized seats, not seated judges; South Carolina also elects at-large circuit judges statewide who are not counted in any circuit.)

Court seats

Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

26.18 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5